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Wedding Renewal- No Attendants

naniesdaynaniesday member
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We are renewing our vows after 20 years (Whew!). My question is this... Since we are not having any attendants other than our daughter who is walking down the aisle too, how should we seat our original wedding party, in order to honor their presence? I think our venue (a restaurant) only seats 4 to a table.  Wedding party consisted of 4 attendants for me, three for him.  Our attendants are now all married, except we have one widow who will probably not bring a date.
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    Maggie0829Maggie0829 member
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    naniesday said:
    We are renewing our vows after 20 years (Whew!). My question is this... Since we are not having any attendants other than our daughter who is walking down the aisle too, how should we seat our original wedding party, in order to honor their presence? I think our venue (a restaurant) only seats 4 to a table.  Wedding party consisted of 4 attendants for me, three for him.  Our attendants are now all married, except we have one widow who will probably not bring a date.
    I am confused as to why you feel you need to honor their attendance? You should be honoring everyone's attendance at your renewal. A renewal is about you and your H and the commitment you are wishing to re-solidify, not about those who were your attendants at your wedding 20 years ago.

    I would just seat them with whomever else you wish to...just treat them like all your other guests because really all your guests are equally important.

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    JCbride2015JCbride2015 member
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    Yes, just seat them like any other guest.  Make sure the spouses or SOs are sitting together.  You can seat them closer to you and your H if you wish.  This might make them feel a little "special" or at least make it easier for you to spend time with them, since it sounds like you are still close.
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    CMGragainCMGragain member
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    edited September 2014
    Congratulations on your 20 years of marriage!  Here is a great site for planning vow renewals:
    http://www.idotaketwo.com/blog/vow-renewal-etiquette/?q=vow_renewal_etiquette.html



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    SoldiersPetAngelSoldiersPetAngel member
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    I would definitely say just give them the tables closest to the front of the aisle, and make sure their SOs can sit with them!
    Congrats on 20 years! That's awesome!
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    southernbelle0915southernbelle0915 mod
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    You don't need to do anything in particular. Seat them wherever you want or don't bother with assigning them a row/pew/seat. It might be nice if you gave them bouts and corsages to honor them.
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